The poll, conducted by the Ramallah-based Palestinian Center for Policy and and Survey Research found that 71 per cent of Palestinians surveyed viewed Hamas's October 7 attack on Israel as correct.
Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu updated the Israeli public on Wednesday about his recent conversation with US President Joe Biden, specifically his response to Biden's objections to the Israeli military entering the southern Gaza City of Rafah.
US State Secretary Antony Blinken has begun his Middle East tour and has arrived in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, marking his first stop on this trip to discuss efforts to reach an "immediate ceasefire agreement" between Israel and Hamas, The New York Times reported.
In a letter sent to Jewish communities around the world on Wednesday, Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz called for a "unified global advocacy front" to combat a steep rise in international antisemitism amid Israel's war against Hamas in Gaza.
Port management said 60 of the 120 dockworkers will be laid off as Red Sea shipping has dwindled. The Histadrut, the umbrella organization of Israeli labor unions, is due to hold a protest at the port on Wednesday.
Israel's Minister of the Interior, Moshe Arbel, met Tuesday morning in Jerusalem with the Sri Lankan Minister of Labor, Manusha Nanayakkara, to examine the tightening of relations between the two governments in regards to the recruitment of foreign workers from Sri Lanka.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reiterated that the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) will go ahead with the ground operation in Rafah, despite global concerns, and he has told US President Joe Biden about the same, the Times of Israel reported.
The IDF (Israel Defense Forces) reported that Monday evening its forces continue to operate in the Shifa Hospital in Gaza City to "counter terrorism in a targeted manner."
In addition, IAF warplanes attacked a military structure used by the Hezbollah terrorist organization in the Al Adisa area, also located in southern Lebanon.
Israel inspects the aid shipments bound for Gaza to ensure they contain no weapons or other items that the terrorist group Hamas could use as weapons against Israel.